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Quantitative Hardening: Dissecting the Third Bitcoin Halving, 3 Key Data Points to Watch
10.5.2020
In a touch more than 24-hours time, the third bitcoin halving will take place on May 12, 2020, on or around 9:50 p.m. ET. Miners will see their revenues slashed in half from 12.5 coins to 6.25 BTC after the halving and speculators wonder what will happen after the event. Currently, according...
A Single Chinese Region Accounts for One-Third of Global BTC Hash Rate
7.5.2020
Cambridge University has launched a ‘Bitcoin Mining Map’ that shows the distribution of hashing power worldwide as well as within China
Justin Amash Reveals Third-Party Presidential Bid: Pro-Bitcoin Libertarian Candidate Targets Trump’s Seat
1.5.2020
U.S. President Donald Trump now has an unexpected challenger as the independent congressman from Michigan, Justin Amash, says he plans to run as a Libertarian candidate in the 2020 election. Besides John McAfee and Adam Kokesh, Amash is also a pro-crypto candidate, a believer in free markets,...
WeBank Ranks Third in Blockchain Patent Filings For 2019
24.4.2020
WeBank has filled almost 632 patents and 80% of them were related to technologies like blockchain
Bitfinex’s BTC Holdings Decrease by One-Third in a Month
15.4.2020
Bitfinex’s coffers hold 66,000 fewer Bitcoin than they did four weeks ago. Does the increase in its Ether holdings make up for the loss?
Bitcoin’s Third Halving: Survey Shows 50% of Miners Expect a Price Increase
10.4.2020
The block reward halving for BTC is 32 days away and crypto businesses and mining operations are steadily preparing for the event. Today, Bitcoin’s hashrate is hovering just above 100 exahash per second (EH/s) and one year after the 2016 halving, the digital asset’s price and hashrate...
Chinese Blockchain Project Awards $1M to Third-Party Developers
10.4.2020
Nervos Network awarded $1 million dollars from its $30 million fund to several teams working on enhancements to its infrastructure
One-Third of Bitcoin Cash's Supply Has Never Been Touched
7.4.2020
One-third of the circulating supply of Bitcoin Cash has never moved on-chain
Crypto Market Sentiment Improved For The Third Week in A Row
6.4.2020
The market sentiment is on the rise. While the week starting with March 16, which followed the market plunge, saw a six-month low of 4.21, we're now seeing the market sentiment go up for the third week. The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore, for the top 10 coins,...
Building a Real-Time Chat App with React and Firebase
23.3.2020
In this article, we’ll cover key concepts for authenticating a user with Firebase in a real-time chat application. We’ll integrate third-party auth providers (e.g. Google, Twitter and GitHub) and, once users are signed in, we’ll learn how to store user chat data in the Firebase Realtime Database...
'The Sandbox' Game on Ethereum Announces Third LAND Presale
18.3.2020
Thousands of parcels of the game’s virtual LAND will be available during The Sandbox’s third presale on March 31st
Third-Party Cryptos Could Launch on XRP Ledger, Says Ripple’s David Schwartz
28.2.2020
Schwartz said a feature is being developed to allow asset-backed tokens to be minted on the platform
XRP Still Third Largest Crypto by Market Cap After Founder Dumps 1 Billion Coins
10.2.2020
Crypto traders and speculators have been discussing the digital currency XRP (ripple) lately because the price has been stagnant compared to other digital assets. Some venture capitalists and analysts plan to short XRP, while other speculators believe the crypto is poised for a price jump in...
HTTPS is Easy!
5.2.2020
I've been guilty of publicly bemoaning the complexity of HTTPS. In the past, I've purchased SSL certificates from third-party vendors and had trouble installing them. I've had certificates expire and had to scramble to fix them. I've had to poke and prod hosting companies to help me ensure things...
Third-Party Trackers Are Pulling Your Data Off Ring’s Android App
31.1.2020
A new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation details the personally identifiable information pulled from your Ring app
Bitcoin Price Climbs to $9,500 After Third Higher High in One Week
30.1.2020
#Bitcoin price bounced off the $9.2K support and saw strong continuation above $9.5K as bulls continue to march towards $10K
Blockchain.com Launches Full Turkish Lira Banking Integration as a Native Payment Gateway for Turkey
30.1.2020
Blockchain.com has launched a full banking integration for Turkish Lira (TRY) to create a native payment gateway for users to deposit and withdraw Lira on its trading platform. With this development users in Turkey no longer have to incur high fees and conversion rates from third-party payment...
Simple Image Placeholders with SVG
27.1.2020
A little open-source utility from Tyler Sticka that returns a data URL of an SVG to use as an image placeholder as needed.
I like the idea of self-running utilities like that, rather than depending on some third-party service, like placekitten or whatever. Not that I'd advocate for feature...
Third-Party Components at Their Best
16.1.2020
I'm a fan of the componentization of the web. I think it's a very nice way to build a website at just about any scale (except, perhaps, the absolute most basic). There are no shortage of opinions about what makes a good component, but say we scope that to third-party for a moment. That...
Nervos Network Will Hand Out $30M to Encourage Third-Party Development
9.1.2020
The grant fund will pay developers in cash, rather than equity or tokens, and submitted projects will be made public to source feedback from the Nervos community